Talk of the Town

Limpopo

Latest news & developments
Explosives of this nature were in the past found to have been used in ATM bombings.Image: Saps

Three found with explosives near Zim-SA border, link to ATM crime under investigation

Three people, including a woman, were arrested after they were found in possession of commercial explosives near the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo, police said. Police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the two men and a woman…

Limpopo police are gathering information to find out what led to the fatal attack on a grade 11 pupil on Monday. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/Markus Schnessl

Fatal stabbing of pupil indicates depth of social ills — MEC

A fight among a group of pupils in Medingen village in Ga-Kgapane, Limpopo, has claimed the life of a grade 11 student. Limpopo education spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said the incident happened on Monday and the police were gathering…

The two lions that attacked and killed a tracker in Limpopo on Saturday were put down immediately.Image: Supplied

Lions put down after they kill tracker in Limpopo national park

The police in Limpopo have opened an inquest after lions attacked and killed a 27-year-old tracker at the weekend. The man, identified as Malibongwe Mfila, was attacked at the Marataba Safari Lodge, which is situated in the Marakele…

A 28-year-old man from Limpopo will appear in court tomorrow on fraud and corruption charges, after allegedly scamming job seekers money while pretending to be working for the human resource department of SAPS in Limpopo.Image: Supplied

Limpopo man arrested for posing as police captain and scamming job seekers

A 28-year-old man from Limpopo will appear at the Polokwane magistrate’s court on Monday on charges of fraud and corruption after he allegedly scammed several job seekers out of thousands of rand by posing as a police captain. According…

Drivers coming into South Africa from Zimbabwe queue for up to five days as they await Covid testing before being allowed into the country.Image: Alex Patrick

Beitbridge chaos subsides as thousands of Zim residents re-enter SA

The brown-veined white butterfly migration across the country coincides with the annual migration of cross-border immigrants into SA. At Beitbridge, in Limpopo, the floating white wings intermingle with thousands of people coming back…

Limpopo cops arrest 496 people on New Year’s Eve for flouting Disaster Management Act restrictions

Almost 500 people in Limpopo spent New Year’s Eve in jail for contravening the alert level 3 restrictions stipulated in the Disaster Management Act. The arrests were effected during heightened operations conducted on Thursday and Friday…

Twenty of SA’s land borders – which were closed in January due to a spike in Covid-19 cases – have officially been reopened followed the publication of a government gazette at the weekend.Image: Supplied

Five die while stuck in traffic at Beitbridge, with fears of more deaths

Five people have died in what has been described as the worst congestion in the history of the Beitbridge border post. Queues of trucks and other vehicles are reaching 20km in both directions at the Musina, Limpopo, border crossing — and…

The ANC has cancelled its birthday celebrations which were set to be held on January 8 2021.Image: DAILY DISPATCH/PHILLIP NOTHNAGEL

ANC cancels January 8 birthday bash

The ANC has cancelled its planned 109th birthday bash, which was due to be held in Limpopo in January. This comes after the party’s top six officials received a briefing from health minister Zweli Mkhize on the Covid-19 second wave of…

Joey Pretorius and her late husband Len, who was shot and killed by robbers at the weekend.Image: Joey Pretorius via Facebook

‘They killed my husband for R150’: weekend away ends in tragedy

“I can’t comprehend they killed my husband for R150.” Pretoria resident Joey Pretorius, 52, is in a state of disbelief and despair after the fatal shooting of her husband Len Pretorius, 60, during a weekend birthday outing at Bush Boys…

Large hail smashed car windows, damaged houses, caused car accidents, brought down trees, damaging power lines and knocking out electricity in parts of Limpopo on Thursday. File photo.Image: 123RF/Aleksandr Ivasenko

WATCH: Power outages and smashed cars in aftermath of hail storm in Limpopo

Victims of a severe storm that wreaked havoc in Limpopo queued to register for temporary shelter in Polokwane on Thursday. Large hailstones caused havoc in Seshego and neighbouring Luthuli Park on Wednesday. The hail smashed car windows,…

Minimal dropout of grade 12s writing exams despite Covid-19 disruptions

TimesLIVE Prega Govender Matrics in five provinces tested positive for Covid-19 on the first day of their final exams. The department of basic education is on track with its preparations for the largest ever matric exams, which start next…

Three home affairs officials including one who demanded a R10,000 bribe from an undocumented foreigner in Jane Furse, Limpopo, were arrested by the Hawks on Tuesday.Image: Provided

Hawks arrest three home affairs officials on corruption charges

Three home affairs officials, including one who demanded a R10,000 bribe from an undocumented foreigner in Jane Furse, Limpopo, were arrested on Tuesday. The trio, aged between 30 and 42, were arrested during a sting operation by the…

EFF supporters await the arrival of party leader Julius Malema at a rally.Image: Jackie Clausen

EFF members ‘irresponsible to disrupt parliamentary hearing on land’ — Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema on Monday criticised party members who disrupted a parliamentary public hearing on land expropriation in Polokwane the day before. The ad hoc committee looking into amending section 25 of the constitution to deal…

A Limpopo official’s vehicle was attached as part of a corruption investigation by the Hawks.Image: SAPS

Hawks seize R1.4m luxury car in Limpopo corruption investigation

The Hawks in Limpopo have seized a vehicle worth R1.4m in Mokopane as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption in the Mogalakwena municipality. The serious corruption investigation team descended on a municipal…

Some residents of Dipateng and Sione villages in Limpopo protest for water on Tuesday. The municipality has promised to provide a tanker on Wednesday.Image: Bernard Chiguvare / GroundUp

Limpopo gogo walks 2km to beg for water

“I am tired of walking around begging for water from people who have boreholes at their homesteads,” said 78-year-old Sontaga Malaka, from Dipateng village in Limpopo. GroundUp reported that Malaka joined 50 mostly elderly villagers from…